About

About Monthaven and it's community.

The Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) is Sumner County’s premier arts organization. A nonprofit launched in 2017 and located in Hendersonville, Tenn., the MACC offers art classes and stages world-class art exhibitions in our headquarters at Monthaven Mansion, a spectacular antebellum home built in the 1850s. Once serving as a field hospital during the Civil War, Monthaven’s galleries and halls now exist to create vibrant arts and cultural experiences for people of all ages.

Our Vision

The vision of the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is to be a creative town square that inspires everyone to indulge their imaginations and be their best.

Our Mission

The mission of the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is to educate, elevate and encourage our community through the transformative power of the arts.

EDUCATE ELEVATE ENCOURAGE

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What We Believe

The MACC believes that the arts are for everyone, and it is therefore committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. Our exhibitions and outreach programs are all offered free of charge. And we routinely engage with youth, seniors, residents with mental and physical disabilities, and families of color at a substantially higher rate than the county demographic.

The MACC’s goal is to serve our community through culturally enriching exhibitions, art classes, outreach programs and the healing arts. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization, so your generous gifts in support of our programs are all tax deductible. To find out more about supporting the MACC, please go here.

About your Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

Six Important Facts

Scholarship Program

Enrolls over 1,000 art students in after school, daytime and summer camps, offering need-based scholarships for all classes.

Partnerships

Provides free off-campus arts outreach for under-resourced youth and families to organizations throughout the Middle Tennessee region.

Expressive Arts intervention

Delivers free Expressive Arts intervention through the BETWEEN THE LINES Healing Arts program at Veterans Recovery Center in Murfreesboro, Sumner County Veterans Residence in Gallatin, Grace Place in Hendersonville, and other locations.

Exquisite Exhibitions

Presents more than a dozen major regional, national and international exhibitions a year at Monthaven. Around 45,000 visitors see these shows annually at no charge. Recent exhibits have included the ceramic art of Pablo Picasso, the Divine Comedy engravings of Salvador Dali, and the sketches of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Sponsorship Program

Sponsors a yearly Veterans Art exhibition, the annual James B. Hawkins Sumner County Student Art Show, and other local shows and events.

Flexible Hours

The MACC is open six days a week (Tuesday – Sunday) to the public and employs more than a dozen art teachers and healing arts facilitators.

Jonathan Bradley Community Member

Fantastic space and wonderfully informative and helpful staff. (Thanks, Emma and Bonnie! ) They host some wonderful artworks and have a great gift shop--check it out!

Brenda Wilson-Lowery Visitor

Beautiful grounds packed with arts and crafts , music! One of middle Tennessee’s hidden gems!

Kali Dake-Wheeler Art Mom

My daughter loves taking art classes at Monthaven! We LOVE Mrs. Holly! Definitely recommend taking classes here and we especially love all their art exhibits! Wonderful experience time and time again and it’s so nice to have this so close to our home

Leslie Ann Pace Modena Art Enthusiast

Wonderful place, knowledgeable staff, amazing exhibit of Picasso